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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-06-30
THE KANSAS BOON.

Among all the Blooms In Our state, the
Coming Exposition at bismarck
Stands Pre- Eminent.
The doctrine of the survival of the
fittest is well exemplified by the his
tory of the Western National Fair.
Fairs may come and fairs may go, but
the Bismarck Fair goes on forever,
each year growing stronger in its hold
on the people, and more magnificent in
its exhibits. 1t is the only fair in this
part of the country that has been able
to keep up its grandeur year after year,
never missing an exhibit, and is still
in the ring and by no means disfgured.
For eight years the Western National
Fair Association has pleased the peo-
pie of our state and charmed strangers
from abroad by its immense
and comprehensive display of the
products of our state. Finer
agricultural products, nobler horses
and cattle, better bred and more fully
developed live stock of all kinds have
never been shown anywhere than
those which the managers Of this fair
have collected each year from all over
our great state, and have exhibited to
| tens of thousands of admiring visitors
| from home and abroad. It is peculiar
| " Kansas Fair, and one of which
Kansas people may well feel proud.
Kansas never was as prosperous as
| to-day. Kansas never doomed as she
booms this year. The bountiful rains
| of this month insure rich harvest to
our people. From this golden harvest
| the Bismarck Fair will select the 18-
karat products, to exhibit them to the
world as samples of what Kansas soil,
Kansas 'sbooms' can produce
With the great Kansas boom to back il
up, the Bismarck Fair this season will
surpasS even the magnificence of the
past. It is in the hands of energetic
enterprising men who viii exhaust al
the resources of money, ability, labor
and push at their command to make the
approaching exposition excel in ever
particular the unparalleled tTiumphs OF
previous expositiOns. Nothing is be
ing left undone that would tend to Sc
cure this result.
This work has been quietly going OF
for several months, until now all the
preliminary arrangements are cOmplet
ed and the managers are ready to her
aid abroad the brilliant prospects OF
the coming exposition. An unusua
interest in this Kansas Fair has beer
awakened throughout the entire State
The people realize that the Western
National Fair is an institution thai
benefits the whole of Kansas. Tit
NEWS feels sure that the people
of Lyon County will demonstrate that
we are not behind our sister countie:
in the liberaIity which we shall show
Kansas great fair this fall.
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n FIurrYfnWaIl Streaa

NEW YORK, II m, June 24.-There
is great excitement at the stock ex-
change and prices are declining rapid
ly.
Wall Street, 12:05-It is understood
that the break was caused by the re-
port that Jay Gould was dead. West
ern Uunion fell from 75 cents to 50
cents, but is now recovering. Gould
is at his Office.
1910 p. m.-The furry seems to be
over as the whole list seems to be NOV
ing to its former figures. The excite
ment reached its greatest height short
ly before noon and a veritable panic
was developed. No attention was paid
by brokers to the fractions in sales
made by them, and fluctuations were
so wild that sales were sometimes from
TO 10 per cent apart. Stocks bought
near the opening were thrown over
when the break occurred and this sell
ing completely demolished spectators.
The marking down of loans and de-
livery of orders kept the clerks and
messengers fully as busy as
the brokers, and the street was
a scene Of more excitement than
has been witnessed since the panic In
May. 1885, The greatest decline SO fal
reached are Manhattan, 409 to 116: Mis-.
souri, Pacific, II to 9S3; cotton seed, tc
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80: Richmond Terminal, a to %: New
England, s to 45a, and Lake Erie 6
Western, s to 533. S. v. White and
some other large operators entered the
market and began buying freely. They
soon gathered q large following and
the buying turned the market almost
as rapidly as it had fallen and stocks
took long jumps to their former prices.
Manhattan recovered 20 per cent of its
loss and other stocks generally recoV-
cred about half of the decline recorded.
No failures were announced as q re-
suit Of the break.
1850 D. ma reporter of the Asso-
ciated press has just seen Mr.. Gould in
his Office, and the latter furnished him
with the following: ITO John j. Kier-
nan (bulletinl: You are putting out
that my Manhattan stock is in the loan.
This is a malicious falsehood. No
share of the Manhattan is in the loan.
or has my name on the back, nor do
owe dollar in the world. You should
promptly contradict. Yours truly,
(Signed) JAY GOULD"
Mr.. Gould said further that the story
that he and Cyrus w. Field had quar-
relied was untrue; that he and Mr..
rumor that Mr.. Field is in trouble is
also grOundless.
1:55 p. m.-The only failures SO far
reported resulting from the break in
the stock market were in the CONSOLE
dated exchange where 900 shares of
various stocks were sold for the account
of Thos. Murphy, who was unable to
respond to the call for more
margins, and some small lots
were closed out for a broker
named Casey, who was reported sick
and unable to appear. Money is rul-
ing steady at 1 per cent day and in
terest is equal to SO per cent per an
mum.
2:3O p. m.-When the delivery hour
passed at the Stock Exchange without
bringing announcements of any fail
ures, the street became more confident
and buying orders were received from
all sources. The bears attempted to
cover the same time that the big opera
tors, like Schepp, began to buy and
the consequence was that almost all the
loss sustained during the panic of the
morning was regained. Schepp bid for
blocks of 5000 shares at time and
Vanderbilt brokers made bids for as
large blocks of their specialties. The
that is remembered, the whole list hav-
per cent. The feeling is now more
confident, and it is generally thought
that the losses are widely scattered
through the country and are not con-
fined to the cities, AS in previous panics.
Money is still scarce even at the high
rates charged, and this is considered
the wOst feature of the market.
3p. m.-The market closed firm but
quiet at an advance.
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STOCK WAS CHEAP.
The New York Stock Excitement
Charged to Gould.
His Friends Sacrificed to Catch Cyrus
Field.
A Half Million Tobacco Blaze at
Louisville,
Three Warehouses of Packed Hogs
heads Destroyed.
slaughtering the Hangers-On.

Strengthening the Hangers-0n.
NEW YORK. June 25.-The Times
says: People do not credit all state
ments made by the Gould crowd yes
terday. Gould and Sage called loans
by the wholesale and they did their
level best to corner money. They
tumbled basketfuls of stocks on the
market and the break was of their own
designing. 1t was their own Western
Union and Missouri Pacific and Man
haitian that they used to slug the
market with and if they were not
cunning after Cyrus Field, every
indication seemingly worthy of atten-
ton is all wrong. Gould and Sage do
not love Field. Field is load
ed heavily with Manhattan
and has been a loaner of
money to the Henry S. Ives crowd and
he called for S., 900, 900 yesterday though
Gould has been advertised good deal
lately as patron of Ives. Jesse Selig-
man says that gold is on the way here
from Europe and that tight money is
no longer in danger. Other bankers
with foreign connections gave Mr..
Seligman'S opinion and endorsement.
Russell Sage and Jay Gould
slaughtered every one of their friends,
as the hangers on love to label them
selves. Jay Gould offers as an excuse
for his wholesale calling of loans that
he though stock was cheap and he
could use his money to a better adj
vantage in the market than he could
bV having it out on loans,
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JEFF viii NOS visit Illinois,

CHICAGO, June 23.-An Inter Ocean
special from Danville, ILL.,, says the fol-
lowing letter was received to-day:
BEAUVOR, Miss, June 20, 1887.
Col. Phocion Howard, DanviIle, ILL.,,
DEAR SIR: In answer to your let
ter of request by the Danville Farmers
and Mechanics Institute that / should
deliver an address at its fair, l reply,
as did last year, some years ago /
delivered an address to the WinnebagO
County fair, and was received with
great courtesy. There l was among
friends, for my memory went to the
months of June, July and August,
1882, when, as lieutenant upon the
staff of Colonel Zachary Taylor, l was
stationed at Prairie Du Chen, Fort
Crawford rs it was then known, and
during the memorable. and historic
Black Hawk wal, it was my good fortune
to help in protecting the pioneer set
tiers of that country whose descend
ants spoke to at Rockford. cannot
come to Illinois this year, thanking the
association through you. have only
to say as said last September in an
open letter to Col. j. L. Sharr of Balti-
more. that deny the charges made
againt me by Gen. William 7. Sher-
man in which he says that was fore
most i'll encouraging the late war.
said to you, my dear Colonel, that did
all in my power to prevent the late
war, and that never looked for mol
aspired to the post of the chief or exec
utive of the Confederate states. / may
say that the order of the war depart
ment to return the captured flags tt
the late Confederate states was a viola
tlOn of all known military precedentS
You will find in my history of the late
war that there were but twenty-si1
regiments of regular troops in thu
army of the North and of the total o.
$50 Confederate flags captured, it il
questionable if those twenty-six regi
ments captured fifty. The flags werV
captured by the volunteer army of tn,
several states and have no right in TIL
National capitol.
Respectfully yours,
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
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Tobacco Con6aeration.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, June 25.- The
most destructive confagration that has
occurred here in years broke out in the
tobacco quarter at 1875 O'Clock this
morning. An entire square between
Main and Market and Ninth and Tenth
streets was the scene of the fire and
two acres of buildings with their con-
tents were lost. The loss this morning
is estimated at fully half million dol
lars. Papers will have to be recovered
and five thousand hogSheadS of tObac-
CO checked up before the accurate fig
ureS are known. The box from which
the alarm was turned in was de-
fective, and as result the flames were
almost beyond control when the engine
arrived. The fire was incindiary it is
thought. 1t broke out in the middle of
the block and at the rear end of the
Market street ell of Boone's ware
house. There were no lights or fire of
any kind from which flames could have
started. The flames spread with fear
full rapidity. The Banner tobacco
warehouse and Sawyer, Wallace s.
Co.'S warehouse, both fronting Main
street, soon caught fire and were quick
ly enveloped in flames. The three
warehouses mentioned occupy nearly a
whole square and all were closely
packed with hogsheads of tobacco.
Families living in the square on Market
street were greatly frighted and they
excitedly threw their furniture and
household effects on the pavement and
in the streets, fearing wreck by fire.
Sawyer, Wallace & Co.'s warehouse
No 900 Main street was owned by Hen
ry Glover aud valued at $40, 600. 1t
was partially insured. In it were 2, 40O
hogsheads of tobacco, worth S125 900.
The stock was we'll insured. The
Boone warehouse was owned by Thorn
as II. Glover and valued at $15, 600. 1t
contained about l 800 hogsheadS of to-
bacco worth $125, 900. Partially in
sured on both buildings and tobacco
The Banner warehouse was owned by
B. NJ. Parish s. Co., valued at 81, O0(
and contained 500 hogsheads of tobacco
valued at S45, 900. 1t is thought that
the litigation that will be brought about
by the fire will be something astound.
ing. Lorrillard and Leggitt & Meyer
large tobacco firms of New York an6
st. Louis, as well as others, bought &
large lot of tobacco in this market yes
terday, and it is said they will claim
that the sale was not consummated
basing their claim upon some techni
calitieS.
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yNould Open dine Treasury.

WASHINGTON, June 24.-Secretary
Fairchild said this afternoon at $50
O'Clock, that he had arranged with As
sistant Treasurer Canda at New York,
to keep him informed of the condition of
affairs in Wall Street, especially if any
thing serious should occur, but that so
far he had heard nothing to cause any
particular uneasinesS. lie said that
the situation at this hour did not seem
to require any assistance from the
Treasury. He intimated very plainly
that should a panic seem imminent, he
would authorize the prepayment of in
terest due July 1, which would release
about $4,000, 600, lie also said that if
it should become necessary, he would
offer to redeem at once without rebate,
$40 ,OOO, 600 per cent. bonds maturing
TuIV 1St
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CHICAGO, June 4.-Tuesday night
the big boarding house at 764 Clybourn
avenue was raided and twenty boarders
chloroformed and robbed. The thieves
went into the rooms one after another
by means of pinchers and false keys
and after chlorofOrming its sleeping
boarders, robbed them at their leisure.
The latter are mostly employers of the
street railway company, conductors
and drivers. It required a good deal of
shaking and calling to rouse some
of the men. All complained
of violent headaches and then
discovered that they had been robbed
and chloroformed. The value of the
plumber secured aggregates several
hundrod dollars
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Choking Cafarrh.

Have you awakened from a disturbed
sleep with all the horrible sensations of an
the lne-breath from your frightened chest
Have you noticed the langlIor and debility
that succeed the effort to clear your throat
and head of this catarrhal Inatter7 What e
depressing influence il exerts upon the mind,
ciouding the memory and filling the mead with
pains and strange noises! How difficult IL is
% rid the nasal passages, threat and lungs of
this poisonous mucous ali can testify who are
afflicted with catarrb. How difficult to pro-
tect the system against its further progress
towards the lungs, liver and kidneys, all ply
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cries out for relief and cure.
The remarkable curative powers, when ali
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No statement is made regarding IL that cannot
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Each packet contains one bottle of the RAD
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an Improved Inhaler, with treatise and dfrec-
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Trade Review.

NEW YORK, June All. G. Dun
s. Co., in their weekly review of trade,
say the failure of the Fidelity Bank, of
Cincinnati, with such evidences of rot
tenness and fraud that three officials
have been locked up on criminal charges
is the natural fruit of the wheat cor
ner, but has disturbed business during
the past week quite extensively. The
prospect that dspositors may recover
nothing; that more than eighty banks
which deposited there have losses to
bear, and that the fraudulent re-hy-
pothecation of collateralS for loans will
entangle the resources of many who
| wheat operation, makes the dis
| turbance felt in many quarters over the
seventh failure justify the pre-
caution advised for weeks past
| in this review with respect to the
probable failure of the wheat corner
| and its consequences. Withdrawal OF
| funds from New York to Immediate
needs at the west has caused a temper
ary stringency here, which spectators
is so near the shipping point and the
! supply of unused funds abroad is SC
large that relief would come quickly If
needs here should become serious;
moreover, large disbursements by the
Treasury in July are now close at
hand. In half yearly settlements in
the struggle to iquidate enormous
speculatiOns and in the preparation
| for summer dizziness, however, there
may be some pressure for money dur
ing the remaining days of June. AT
nearly all other points money is report
ed in good supply. The general re-
ports of business at nearly all points
| are highly encouraging and the in
creasing prospect of good crops adds to
the prevailing confidence. Collections
are generally fair or good and the vol
ume of business large for the season.
The dry goods trade is comparatively
inactive as usual at this period, but .
considerable movement after July Isl
is anticipated. Mems wooden goods
are decidedly dull, bnt in dress goods
and fiannels the trade is fair. Cottons
are unchanged in the main, but print
cloths are quoted at 1925 with large
sales. The liquidation in cotton proceeds
slowly, but prices have declined fol
the week.
Wheat has fallen about five cents
though partial corner in June still
makes quotations here cents or more
above those for July.
Pork products yield a little, though
still held at Chicago above the leve
elsewhere.
In the stock market liquidation hal
been the feature. The distTust of par
ties and securities thought Il
] be even remotely connectes
with the Cincinnati speculation
is obvious, and there is less confidenc
as to the effects Of the Interstate act
A heavy increase in shipments, by lax
and canal is reported, and the enforce
meat of the law threatens TO stop man
ufacturing and mining at numerou
l points. Under ali the circumstance
, the strength Of the market is surpris
ing, especially when it is remembers
that new securities for several hundre
a millions have been listed this year.
K The iron market waits the outcom
d of labor contests. Railroad buildin
= seems to have been checked LITTLE
but the present demand for most iro
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Al DVnamIte ROmb.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June 24.-The fam
lily of DIR. T. E. Buck, residing at 2610
Jefferson avenue, was aroused shortly
before midnight last night by terri
BILE explosion which nearly wrecked the
house, tearing down plaster, breaking
glass and weakening the partition, yet
causing no injury to any member of
the DOCTORS family. A hasty eXamina-
sion. revealed the fact that dynamite
sill of the basement door
way and exploded, demolishing every
thing in this room. DIR. Buck eSti-
mates his loss at 81 900. He is unable
to account for the disaster, but con-
siders it the work of an unknown
enemy. Neighboring houses were
slightly damaged.
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The Leader ArresIed.

SAN ANTONIO, June 23.-Last night
Deputies Ellis and Faulkner arrested
Geo. Shoaff, u well-known gambler,
formerly city marshal of Luling, on a
charge of being the train robbery lead
or. Capt. Dick and Marshal Rankin
arrived last night with the three men,
ThOs. Clark, August Smith and +.
Ottno, arrested near La Grange and
suspected of being implicated in the
Flatenia train robbery. 1t is reported
that the officers found the camping
place of seven of the robbers and OBJ
tanned clues which make them conf
dent of capturing the whole gang.
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KIIIed llIs BEST Friend.

ST.. LOUIS, June CIV. j. Grisby,
proprietor of the Unique Sample
Rooms, became suddenly insane last
night brooding over financial troubles.
He stood leaning on his safe before a
large crowd, toying with 45-calibre
revolver making elaborate preparations
for suicide and keeping the crowd back
with the weapon. d. b. Kennedy his
best friend, came in at this time and
running towards Grisby said: ''He
shan't be allowed to kill himself, poor
follow. l will save him." Not needing
the command to halt, Kennedy pressed
on and was shot through the heart.
The maniac realized what he had done
and sank to the floor helpless and
moaning. The gallows; the gallows;
I'm going to the gallows." He is now
a raYinC maniac.
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q. "a. R. Rncnmnme..

ST. LOUIS, June, 22.-The colored
people Of this city are making prepare
tions to take part in the reception and
entertainment Of the Grand ARMY vet
Grams during their encampment which
is to be held here in September. A
committees OF arrangements composed
NJ. Wilson as chairman. and f. 8 vii
liams secretary, has been appointed.
and their proposition has been an
proved by the G.. A. r. general conn
mittee and ample opportunity will be
given them to carry ont
thelr scheme. Among other
things on their programme he =
choir of 200 colored school children
who will sing national athens from 4
stand on the route of the Grand Army
parade as the procession passes by
Iney VIII also present to the members
OF the G. A. r. through their com,
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WIN PIay cur Throat,

CHICAGO, H., June PA local
paper says: The Union Straw Board
company, comprising some twenty
manufactures all over the country VIII
after July 1st cease toaexist. The as
ISOLATION has been running for the last
year and half but the members failed
to get all to come into their combination
Outsiders have been cutting prices and
that in addition to an over produced
market caused the dissolution.
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Ere M Wnm1n11on

WILMINGTON. Ill, June pa fire
occurred here yesterday which destroyed
the Chicago 81 Alton depot and freight
house, the large elevator of w. N.
Odell, filed with grain, the large ware
house of Z. Ray, the old City Hotel, a
number of small buildings and several
freight cars loaded with coal and mer-
chandise. Loss, $50. 900.
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JAMES C. GAssAN, Secretary. i' -i''"


were Opposed 90 BrItain's EmbIems.
BOSTON, June 22.-An attempt was
made about o'clock this morning by a
gang of nine men to pull down the
figures of lion and unicorn which
decorated the front of the Old State
House. The manager of the Telegraph
Company, which occupies the building.
noticed an unusual sight of number
of men in the street pulling at the
ropes and gave the alarm. AS soon as
he made his appearance the men at the
ropes fled. A detail of climbing fire.
men was necessary to remove the lines
from the figures.
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mander-in-chief, General FairchiId, a
series OF resolutions specially prepared
for the occasion. Mr.. A. B. Langston,
D1ember of the committee, win shortly
visit New York, Washington and other
Eastern cities, and while there will ex-
plain the purpose of the colored mem
bers OF the &. A. 3. to attend the en-
all who NAV come.